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Latest breaking news, previews and match reports written by Hockey Paper staff

India’s Vandana Katariya up for Presidential award

India's Vandana Katariya is among nine athletes and the lone hockey player this year who has been named for the Presidential award, conferred by...

What makes the perfect field hockey stick?

From the archive: Simon Mason says research is key to choosing the right stick Carbon has become an over-used word, more carbon can create greater...

Dream Team: Mark Pearn

Surbiton head coach and former Reading, East Grinstead and Great Britain forward Mark Pearn picks the hockey XI he'd relish watching play together... Goalkeeper Simon Mason...

Universities should be springboard for future club stalwarts but there appears little incentive

To improve student and university hockey, we need to have an honest and open discussion about what it is for, writes DAVID BARRETT There's no...

3G in hockey issues: Chapeltown given boost by local footballer

The Sheffield club home to where GB Olympian Tom Sorsby played junior hockey has been handed a boost thanks to a local footballer. Chapeltown HC...

Wearing Kinesio tape for hockey? Get advice for best results

By Natalie Turner | Comment It seems a distant memory watching Vets play on a late Saturday afternoon with my team-mates having to drink two...

How cinema trips, super fan and swimming great lifted Belarusian players

Nastassia Syrayezhka, Belarus’ captain, tells The Hockey Paper how her side overcame Holland to upset the odds and lift the Euro indoor title in...

St Albans hockey master hits 80 with no plans to stop playing

As the 1960s loomed, Nigel Strofton attended a trials day at St Albans HC. The keen sportsman had no means to travel to his...